Experience working in a customer-facing consulting role
Ability to lead customer facing projects, assigning work to teams, and quality checking engineering work
AWS Professional-level Certification (required within 6 months of employment)
Experience deploying AWS infrastructure using IAC tooling such as Terraform or CloudFormation, and building CI pipelines and automation
Requirements:
Consult with multiple clients simultaneously to understand business and technical needs, acting as a trusted advisor to align customer expectations with best practices
Develop strategic roadmaps and project plans based on customer goals; coordinate timelines with clients and Project Managers to set expectations and drive alignment
Identify areas for cost savings (autoscaling, right-sizing, elimination of waste) and security gaps; develop and present best-practice recommendations to strengthen client security posture
Translate customer requirements into LOE estimates and design documents; maintain project tracking boards; provide guidance to Cloud Engineers; ensure quality of engineering work; train customers in management and maintenance of new or upgraded environments
Job description
As a Solutions Architect, Cloud, you will work with Mission Cloud’s customers to develop strategic solutions leveraging the AWS portfolio. You will work with our Project Management and Cloud Engineering teams to provide Mission’s Professional Services to the accounts and projects to which you’re aligned. As a Cloud Solution Architect you’ll be the primary point of contact for your accounts.
Our Cloud Solution Architects are responsible for holding regular consulting sessions to build a roadmap for further optimization, automation, and resiliency while the hand-on engineers execute the road map items driving world class outcomes.
This position is 100% remote.
Responsibilities
Consult with multiple clients simultaneously to understand business and technical needs
Be a trusted advisor to assigned clients; help align customer expectations with best practices
Develop strategic roadmaps and project plans based on customer goals
Work with clients and Project Managers to set expectations, drive alignment, and coordinate timelines
Identify areas for cost savings through options such as autoscaling, right-sizing, and elimination of waste within the customer’s AWS environments
Identify security gaps and develop best practice recommendations to help strengthen client security posture
Document and present recommendations to customers, including senior leadership
Translate customer requirements into LOE estimates, design documents and keep project tracking boards up to date
Provide guidance to Cloud Engineers as they implement customer roadmaps
Quality check engineering work; ensure top quality work and customer satisfaction
Train customers in management and maintenance of new or upgraded environments
Support Presales Cloud Solutions Architects in proposal design and positioning
Document time spent on customer activities; record activities daily in Jira with weekly timecard submissions in Mavenlink
Mentor Cloud Engineers
Requirements
Experience working in a customer-facing consulting role
Experience developing project roadmaps, LOE estimates, and design documents
Ability to lead customer facing projects, assigning work to teams, and quality checking engineering work
Ability to translate technical requirements to a non-technical audience
Ability to present solutions to customers, overcoming objectives, and creating consensus
Ability to deploy AWS infrastructure using IAC tooling such as Terraform or CloudFormation
Ability to build CI pipelines and automation (build, test, performance)
Ability to design and build containerization solutions (infrastructure, pipelines, automation) using docker (dockerfiles, ECS, ECS Fargate) or kubernetes (manifests, helm and deployment tooling, KOPS, EKS, EKS, or Fargate)
Understanding of AWS security controls, network boundary controls and related toolsets
Knowledge of AWS’s Well-Architected Framework
Ability to work with one or more scripting languages
Occasional off-hours support, depending on client's need
AWS Professional-level Certification (required within 6 months of employment)
Benefits & Compensation
Access to health, vision and dental insurance with options 100% covered by Mission Cloud for employee and their dependents
Generous Paid Time Off (FlexPTO, parental leave, volunteering time off)
Reproductive health benefits
Pet insurance
401k matching program
Life insurance paid by Mission Cloud
An internal department dedicated to helping team members on their career path
Inclusive work environment with several Employee Resource Groups
Placement within the range is determined by a variety of factors, including but not limited to knowledge, skills, and ability as evaluated during the interview process. The compensation range for the base salary of this role is: $120,000 - $155,000
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Our company leverages Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a tool to enhance and streamline various aspects of the hiring process. By submitting your application, you acknowledge and consent to the use of AI technologies in activities such as resume screening, interview scheduling, note taking and other administrative functions. Please note that all hiring decisions are made by human reviewers in compliance with applicable laws and best practices.
About Mission Cloud
Mission Cloud is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Premier Consulting Partner and MSP. Clients depend on us to expertly and securely architect, migrate, manage, and optimize their cloud environments. Mission Cloud’s team of AWS Certified Solutions Architects and DevOps Engineers are ready to help you harness the full power of the AWS cloud to transform your business and operations.
